2weeks
2weeks plus back i recall catching up with a mate whom i enjoy mixing with. He is funny, intelligent what more could you expect from a guy. The difference only difference this time round was the company i was expecting. Over the phone he briefly hyped that it would be an interesting encounter between great minds who thought alike, so i was expecting someone brilliant, someone who could see beyond the 4 walls and facades of life. Not exactly a philosopher but even a creative opportunist would be an excellent change of environment.
So after work, i rushed off to meet this guy. I was sceptical, not a lot of people enter my good books based on a first acquaintance or first appearance and i was pretty sure that unless i liked this guy i would probably never enjoy his company the second time around. So i walked there and we had dinner and after the introductions we got started with business.
I've met my fair share of people in life not to judge anyone based on their first appearance or impression, not that his first appearance appeared anything close to shabby. Come to think of it, I would most probably have a terrible first impression of myself heh.
So, here's this spunky young guy, with a lot of energy, aiming to conquer the world and be the next Bill Gates, does he have it? Or is he another William Hung wannabe? Haha, i'm clueless as to whether i'm bothered about his achievements in life. What i'm interested in would be the character that emerges out of it, something money can't buy. If he succeeds would he change for the better or for the worse?
I forgot the exact sequence of the conversation but i knew that this guy was proactive, a go-getter and full of himself at times not that i'm against that you do need to believe your own bull to be able get somewhere in life. If Einstein and Galileo didn't believe in their own bull it wouldn't be recorded in history! It's just how the world runs, you need to be extremely confident in this cut-throat world to survive and achieve in life.
So i learnrf about his job, his ambitions, his desires all in a scope of an hour plus and i'm not a psychic but i've read enough about this guy to be able to path out his future and yes from my observations he does have enough solid principles, to succeed in life temporarily, to taste the first few fruits of success if he doesn't give up before that. Beyond that would depend on a whole lot of different skills and experience required to succeed, those mostly bought by the failures in life.
So as he went on, i shot him down, as he went on i shot him down again, i debated and stretched his imagination and perceptions to show him reality beyond his ideals. I didn't do it just for fun mind you, i wanted to bring this guy down to earth, to shake him now so that he doesn't lose his way in the future. So i tactfully tore down what i could and opened his eyes a little to the possibilities that lie ahead. Before i start sounding like a bad guy, i did not insult him, merely constructively criticise the foundations revolving around him.
Part of the debate ensued due to him soliciting me a product from a company (a renowned mnc company) he was employed too and i tore down most of the company's products and structure to see where it would bring him. I considered it part of the debate and i wasn't offended by the opportunity he saw in that incident, no i was more amused than anything else.
Now i'm nothing, i honestly am, i have achieved NOTHING in life, i don't know whether it's something to be proud of, or ashamed of. You could say that 95% of this world have thus achieved nothing in life and 95% of people in life are losers but that would be based on YOUR definition of a loser and by my definiton i am definitely not a loser.
I enjoy debates like this because it appeals to my intellectual side, i feel that i'm able to impart something to others and i enjoy doing so. And i'm glad he was someone who was humble enough to accept opinions maybe, because he was fresh, but i still respect anyone who is humble enough to listen to the opinion of others. So here's a guy who could possibly make it in life. Do i care? I don't know if he stays grounded i'd enjoy his company and possibly count him as a close friend in future more for what he is rather than who he is. As it is, i enjoy talking to people who are humble enough to accept others opinions and base their arguments based on fact rather than hypothetical bull.
The development of the mind is not the consequence of a single relative action that mines out a non-changing amount of experience over a period of time to effectively conclude that years multiplied by the white hairs over your head would make you smarter and wiser than the next upstart.
I don't enjoy talking/debating with elderly people or overtly conceited people because they think that the world revolves around them and if ever you would point that the world revolves around the earth, behold the earth would shake and the skies erupt. I am not against elderly people, mind you, i do respect that there are elders who have wisdom and experience far beyond my years, it's just that they often let their ego's cloud their mind which turns the wisdom into dust...
Like this particular statement "I have eaten more rice than you have eaten salt in your life." What does that have to do with anything? The statement just tells me that you've been feeding that body of yours a little longer than i have and that you've been eating enough rice to feed a third world country!
I have nothing against any particular group or category of society be it black or white, be it young or old, i just prefer to keep a little distance from conceited people as i just don't enjoy their company. Some of you might even think of me as conceited, well opinions, opinions...
Before i end, i wish to first apologize for any who has been offended but what i wrote, i wrote it with no ill-intentions whatsoever and if ever appears that i myself am conceited, well, i apologize for that too. I let my thoughts flow sometimes and i really don't review what i've writen until it's done...
Back to the point...
At the end of the day, it's all huge ado about nothing. I don't pride myself on anything that i've been given. I'm not even using my talents to the fullest and that's what i'm particularly ashamed off.
I'm nothing, i've achieved nothing, i don't even have enough faith to trusts that everything would be perfect in His time. Like the conversation i had, it was alot about nothing.
But i do know one thing, that i've been redeemed for a greater purpose and my life is for His purpose not mine anymore.
I've lost pride, i've regained confidence albeit slowly. At the end of the day i don't want to waste another day. Wanna know my dreams? The oh so beautiful dreams that i'm dreaming off? I'll leave those for another day...
Have a great day, believe in your Maker, who's made you for the better days ahead. In Him we'll have the victory. God bless all of you. =)
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